Which music publishing company signed a global deal with Bruno Mars in 2019?

The music publishing company associated with Bruno Mars’s 2019 global publishing deal was Warner Chappell Music.

The arrangement involved Warner Chappell acquiring a stake in part of Mars’s song catalog. His existing co-publishing relationship with BMG was also part of the transaction, which is why BMG can appear in publishing credits connected with his work. For this quiz’s single-choice wording, however, Warner Chappell Music is the intended company.

Music publishing is separate from a recording contract. A publisher helps administer copyrights, license compositions, collect royalties, and exploit songs across territories and media. Warner Chappell is the publishing arm of Warner Music Group and represents a large international catalog of songwriters and compositions.

This deal is easy to confuse with Mars’s later publishing developments or with Atlantic Records, the label associated with much of his recorded music. It also differs from Anderson .Paak’s 2021 worldwide administration agreement with Warner Chappell, which followed the creation of Silk Sonic.